During this step, check for the following:
- Misspelling of a person’s name or failure to adopt preferred spelling
- Failure to use appropriate form of address (The Right Honourable, The Honourable, etc.)
- Erroneous official title (Commission instead of Board, President instead of Chairman)
- Inconsistent presentation of a person’s title
- Wrong English version of a place name
- Use of commas and parentheses in a street address:
168 Radcliffe Crescent
Regina, Saskatchewan
not
168, Radcliffe Crescent
Regina (Saskatchewan)
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